Biochemical Engineering Petro 7th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme (Professional Elective-IV)

Biochemical Engineering detail syllabus for Petroleum Engineering (Petro), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17PC752), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other petro 7th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Petro 7th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective-IV subjects do refer to Professional Elective-IV. The detail syllabus for biochemical engineering is as follows.

Course Objectives:

This course mainly to discuss:

• The role of a Chemical engineer in bioprocess industry.
• The role of enzymes and microbes in biotechnology sectors.

Module 1
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Module 2

Enzymes and Proteins: Detailed structure of proteins and enzymes. Functions. Methods of Production and purification of Enzymes. Nomenclature and Classification of enzymes. Kinetics and mechanism of Enzyme action: Michaelis-Menten and Briggs-Haldane approach. Derivation.

Module 3

Kinetics of Enzyme Action: Reversible Enzyme. Two-substrate. Multi-complexes enzyme kinetics (Derivation of rate equations). Experimental determination of rate parameters: Batch and continuous flow experiments. Lineweaver-Burk, Eadie-Hofstee and Hanes-Woolf Plots. Batch Kinetics (Integral and Differential methods).

Module 4
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Module 5

Growth Kinetics of Microorganisms: Transient growth kinetics (Different phases of batch cultivation). Quantification of growth kinetics: Substrate limited growth, Models with growth inhibitors, Logistic equation, Filamentous cell growth model. Continuous culture: Optimum Dilution rate and washout condition in Ideal Chemostat. Introduction to Fed-batch reactors.

Course Outcomes:

Students will develop the ability to design novel bioprocesses for their research in various areas. They attain the ability to find solutions to the problems which occur when materials and processes interact with the environment.

Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):

1. Engineering Knowledge
2. Problem Analysis
3. Design/development of solutions (Partly)
4. Interpretation of data.

Question paper pattern:

• The question paper will have ten questions.
• Each full Question consisting of 20 marks
• There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

1. Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals, Bailey and Ollis, II Edition, McGraw Hill,1976.
2. Bioprocess Engineering, Shuler M. L. and Kargi F., 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2002.

Reference Books:

1. Biochemical Engineering, James Lee, Prentice Hall, 1992.
2. Biochemical Reactors, Atkinson B, Pion Ltd., London, 1974.
3. Industrial Microbiology, Casida, wiley, New York, 1968

For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Petro, 2017 regulation do visit Petro 7th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.

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